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Old Sep 29, 2011, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by treehouse View Post
GOOD work, Chris. The more secrets we can share, the more we can heal. You and your T work so well together, and that's a good thing.
You are so right. You'd think that after so many years, decades actually, I would have it all out in the open. But the abuse was constant and unrelenting for several years; there is A LOT tucked away in my memory. It is like the memories are hiding in layers that I can't even see until they rudely slap me in the face.

My T really has been awesome getting me through these last few sessions. He's very persistent. He doesn't let me withdraw into myself. But he's also very gentle and careful about how much memory we unravel at a time. I remember telling him at one point today, "This is really hard to talk about." (I was describing the specifics of a particular event that I had never told anyone before.) He said, "I know it is difficult so I am edging around this very carefully." It made me aware of how carefully he was choosing the wording of every question and every comment he made.